NYU college republicans

I wasn't very fond of NYU when I was there, but this certainly wasn't something I would have expected:

'[M]embers of the [NYU College Republicans] who present their N.Y.U. identification become immigration agents looking for an illegal in the crowd. The agent who successfully identifies the illegal immigrant wins a gift certificate.

Students have sent club officials e-mails calling the the event “racist” and “disgusting.” But the club said it is about stoking debate on the issue of illegal immigrants.

(Further clarification — it seems that an “actor” will play an “illegal immigrant,” wearing a label saying as much. The first contestant to find him or her in the crowd will win a prize.)

On today’s illegal-immigrant hunt, Sarah Chambers, the 21-year-old president of N.Y.U.’s College Republicans, told The A.P., “It’s not a racist event, first and foremost. Just because we don’t want illegal immigrants being able to completely disregard the laws of our country doesn’t make us racist.”'

I don't quite know what to think about this. Does this mean NYU has finally achieved its goal of leaving behind its educate-the-children-of-city-immigrants identity and ascending to quasi-Ivy League status--a haven for the white and smug?